A nice sunset at the (Florida) Gulf Coast beach closest to our home, set to a piece by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) called “Bathed in the Light,” with ambient sound gradually bled in starting about halfway through. My wife Debbie is a painter and wanted to capture this sunset to incorporate in future paintings. Instead [...]

Another one of my “Bradenton Tour” videos, one I only had to walk around the corner to make, because Karen’s private gallery (and famous jam-party location) is on 15th Ave. W near 11th St. W, and we live at the cornerof 16th Ave.W and 11th St. W. Karen is one of the reasons we [...]

Ruth is in her 80s but in many ways she’s one of the youngest artists in town, working constantly on new styles and techniques. She spent 12 years in (on?) Key West, Florida, before moving to Bradenton.

September 11 is my friend/coworker Chris ‘pudge’ Nandor’s birthday. It’s also a day people no longer celebrate with joy. Pudge has written a song called Osama Bin Laden, You Ruined My Birthday that is well worth hearing, especially if you enjoy Johnny Cash impersonations.

One article talks about an arts-oriented retirement home in Burbank, California. The other is about a loft community for filmmakers in Cleveland, Ohio. Similar developments could do very well here.

A volunteer-made video ad for Sarah C. Meaker, Democrat for Manatee County Commisssion Seat 6 (at large). Some candidates have big budgets. … all » Some have grass-roots support. Guess which kind of candidate Sarah is?
(The original version of this 30 second spot is broadcast quality just in case Sarah gets [...]

A little while ago I did a video for Linux.com about how the New York Times kept Linux users from watching many of their (Flash) videos. That video was picked up by Slashdot, Digg, and a bunch of other tech news sites and got more viewers than I suspect most stories on the NYT [...]